Winter is your best chance for trophy bass predator and the prey Records show more will likely be homereally big, trophy-sized steading the same walargemouth bass (those exters. During early Febceeding ten pounds), have ruary these big bass still been taken out of this relaroam around a lot usutively small man made imally staying with the poundment (of only 10,660 schools of small baitfish acres) than any other lake in they constantly dine on. Alabama in years past. These really big bass That's really saying a lot, instinctively continue to with so many other choices put on the needed of much older lakes and of weight to survive a cold some much larger impoundharsh winter, feeding ments in Alabama to concontinuously before the sider. lakes waters really cool Past records show more in February. Warming of these big largemouth trends move the bait bass (some on record fish shallow around weighing from 10 to 15 sparse cover due to low pounds, while others lake levels. weighing a little over 16 These huge bass also pounds), have been taken feed a lot on crayfish. out of Lake Wedowee's High in nutrition, craydeep, timbered waters dur- Big day on the lake: Warm, sunny days on the lake can produce results like these in the winter months. fish can be found lake ing the month of February. wide. Shad look-a-like With an upsurge in Big lures or crayfish imitating lures Bass activity about every five have fooled a lot of really big bass years since the lake was imon Lake Wedowee during winter's pounded, its time for another "big past. Low water concentrates bass bass bonanza" to take place on and prey around rocky banks, rock Lake Wedowee this winter and by Reed Montgomery bluffs and boulder-strewn banks spring season. during winter. Places they feed in So, in short, if your looking to all winter long. dowee. go after a real, trophy-sized bass, Lake Wedowee is the place to be LOW WATER - FROM EARLY WINTER UNTIL APRIL COOL WATER and COLD this winter season during the Planning any trip to Lake WeFRONTS month of February. In addition, With these cold nights and cold dowee during the winter and we can add the month of March days consecutive, the lakes waters early spring months an angler can as a pre spawn month, when call 1-800-lakes-11 and get the cur- can cool considerably, often in the many of these really big largerent lake levels (and water genera- low to mid forties, if a severe cold mouth bass make their move tofront exists for more than one tion schedules), before heading wards the lake's shallow, spawnweek. Warmer water can be found out to the lake. The lake is going ing grounds. in the deeper depths, if an angler to be down from the full pool levAny time an angler prepares stumbles onto that big bass school. els, so boat navigation should be for a fishing trip he has to conconsidered and extreme caution is sider the conditions he will be up WARM FRONTS advised. against. So here's some suggesAn easier way to find more acLow water concentrates the tions for fishing all the right tive big bass in warm water is to entire lake's fish population durplaces and being there at the right constantly watch your water teming winter. This means both time, this winter on Lake We-
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